Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Longfellow Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kansas City
Tract 29095004300 · Jackson County, MO · pop 2,611 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 29095004300 in the Longfellow area of Kansas City, MO reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,611 residents. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units1,304
Renter share67.1%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate28.5%
Median income$73,966
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kansas City and the region
Centroid at 39.0778, -94.5754 · click any tract to drill in
Why Longfellow scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kansas City
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
28.5% poverty · this tract
7.1
Supply constraint
$1,246 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kansas City
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kansas City
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kansas City
4.0
How Longfellow compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 18%Grade C
- 65%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 513Total filings over 14 yrs
- 5.17%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.5%Peak (2003)
- 19Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 73% over the past 14 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 312Total filings 2020-21
- 4.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.34×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Kansas City, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 15.9%Housing insecurity
- 11.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.8%Food insecurity
- 13.8%SNAP enrollment
- 10.7%Transit barriers
- 9.9%No health insurance
- 20.2%Frequent mental distress
- 34.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Longfellow
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
This is renter territory: 67% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The poverty rate is 28%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.1/10.
about half of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Jackson County average of 43.0%. Against the Jackson County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Court records carry 513 eviction filings across 14 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2003 at 12.5% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 5.2% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 29095004300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29095004300?
Census tract 29095004300 in the Longfellow neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 29095004300?
Median gross rent is $1,246/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 29095004300?
28.5% of residents in tract 29095004300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,611.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 29095004300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 12th, minority 60th, housing 69th.
Q5
Is tract 29095004300 considered part of Longfellow?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29095004300 fall within Longfellow (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 29095004300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 513 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 29095004300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.17% of renter households, peaking at 12.5% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 29095004300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.34× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Kansas City eviction risk, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 29095004300 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.9% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 11.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 29095004300 compare to Kansas City overall?
Tract 29095004300 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Kansas City at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kansas City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 29095004300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 65% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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